Mike wrote:

> This is a classic example of why we could use an unsubscribe link on the
> end of each post - and to Bob who complained about such extra B/W thats
> not relevant since look at the proportionate size of an unsubscribe
> message in comparison to the size of headers and/or the messages, your
> comments Bob about it being facile are just plain rubbish !

        Gee Mike, you remembered!

        Actually, this thread simply proves my point.  :)

        The original 'stop the world I want to get off' message was the
        first in a couple of weeks, and was about a dozen lines.  It's
        generated a dozen responses so far (none of which actually told
        the original poster how to unsubscribe, so much for everybody
        putting helpful hints in their sigs) and each of which was larger
        than the original post.

        If we all just ignored the post, or pressed the replybot button
        to send the poster some useful directions in private email, we
        would have saved ten times the bandwidth originally wasted.

___Bob

PS:     Mike, don't ignore the objections raised by the DIGEST users
        to the 10% increase in average message size caused by the
        repetitious unsubscribe appendage.

        ...and my rubbish is not plain!  It has raisins in it.